Re: [Bug-tar] closed stderr can make tar corrupt its output archive

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Joerg,

> > The bug is that tar assumed open/creat would never return 2.  The
> > patch I supplied shows that this bug in GNU tar can be fixed with
> > minimal effort.
> 
> I see nothing in your patch that could change the behavior.

http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/gnulib/gnulib/lib/fcntl--.h
#defines open, etc., to be a version that never returns 0, 1, or 2.

Cheers,


Ralph.